Ice-cream bisher



W. B. DOW

ICE CREAM DISHER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. 1919.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919- v ICE-CREAM msnnn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nee. a, rein.

Application filed March 10, 1919. Serial No. 231,625.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known thatl, WILLIAM B. Dow, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waltham, in the county of MiddleseX and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful improvements inIce-CreamDishers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an ice cream disher which includes a pair ofmold sec-' tions and crossed levers pivoted together and attached to thesections, the levers being adapted to close the mold formed by saidsections, and cause them to detach,

from a mass of ice cream into which the device is forced, a portion forone individual, the sections being formed to impart a coni cal form tosaid portion.

@ne object of the invention is to provide improved means for preventingthe formed body of ice cream from adhering to either of the moldsections when the mold is opened. Another object is to'enable the moldsections to form a flat base end on a body or cone of cream, so that thecone when inverted and deposited on a plate will stand with its majoraxis perpendicular. Another object is to facilitate the movement of theouter edges of the mold sections through a mass of cream when'the moldis being closed.

To these ends the invention consists in the improvements which I willnow proceed to cream disher embodying the invention, the

mold being open.

Fig. 2 is a side View, showing the mold closed, part of the crossedlevers being omitted.

Fig. 3 is an end view.

Fi 4L is a section on line 4-4: of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a section online 5-5 of Fig. i.

Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 5, showing the mold sections partlyseparated.

Fig. 6is a section on line 66 of Fig. 4:, the mold sections being partlyseparated.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of thefigures.

In the drawings, 12, 12 represent two mold sections collectively forminga hollow sub stantially conical sectional mold, the apex of the moldcavitybeing preferably semi mold is opened.

spherical instead of being pointed. 13, 13 represent crossed leverspivoted together at Li, and having longer and shorter arms, the shorterarms being attached in any suitable way to the'mold sections 12, and thelonger arms being formed as handles. 7

Each sectionl2 is closed atits larger end by a head section 15, the twohead sections meeting when the mold is closed, as shown by Fig. 4;.

The outer longitudinai edges of the sections 12, namely, those that arethe farthest removed from the pivot 14, are preferably corrugated toform alternating teeth 16 and recesses 17 on each section, saidcorrugated edges matching when the mold is closed, as shown by Fig. 3.

When the mold is open, as shown'by Fig. 1, the sections 12 are thrustinto a mass of ice cream, and the mold is then closed to cause theformation of a cone-shaped portion of the cream by the mold sections.The corrugated edges of the sections facilitate the closing of the moldwhen the sections are embedded in a mass of cream. The head sections 15impart a flat form to the base of the conical body formed by the mold,so that when the mold is inverte and opened, the base of the conicalbody of cream has a suitable bearing on a plate, causing the major axisof the body to stand perpendicular to the bottom of the plate.

Each section 12 is provided at its inner edge with an arcuate finger 18,which proiects into the other section when the mold is closed, saidfingers being adapted to prevent a body of ice cream formed by the moldfrom adhering to either, section when the The arrangement of saidfingers issuch that when the mold is closed, the inner surfaces of thefingers are flush with the inner surfaces of the mold, as

indicated by Fig. 5, each section being provided with a recess 18,formed to receive a finger on the other section. Any suitable number offingers may be employed. As here shown, one of the sections has twofingers, while the other section has one finger located between theother two fingers, as shown by Fig. 4.

It will be seen by reference to Figs. 5 and 6, that upon thecomniiencement of the opening movement of the mold, the fingers 18 arecaused to exert a displacing action on.

substantially conical sectional mold, and

crossed levers pivoted together and attached to the mold sections, andadapted to open and close the mold, the inner edge of each section beingprovided with an arcuate fin ger projecting into the other sectlonwhenthe mold is closed, sa1d fingers being adapted to prevent a body of icecream formed by the mold from adhering to either section when the moldis opened.

2. An ice cream disher substantially as specified by claim 1, the innersurface of each section being provided with a recess formed to receivethe finger projecting from the other section, the arrangement being suchthat when the mold is closed, the inner sun face of each finger is flushwith the inner surface of the section into which it projects.

3. An ice cream disher comprising two and close the mold, each sectionbeing closed at its larger end by a head Section, the head sectionsmeeting when the mold is closed and imparting a flat form to the base ofa conical body of ice cream formed by the mold.

4. An ice cream disher comprising two mold sections collectively forminga hollow substantially conical sectional 1inold,' and crossed leverspivoted together and attached to the mold sections, and adapted to openand close the mold, the outer. edges of said sectionsbeing corrugated toformalternating teeth and recesses, the teeth on one section fitting therecesses in the other section.

In testimony-whereof I have afiixed my signature. 7 V

WILLIAM B. DOW.

